Category: Science
Recipe for a sex supplement that works
We recently wrote about a Japanese sex supplement that has a modest effect. The sex supplement we're talking about today works more than a little bit. [...]
Vitamin B5, the testosterone vitamin
Vitamin B5 – aka pantothenic acid – is involved in the production of testosterone, researchers at Gifu University in Japan discovered. The animal stud [...]
L-Arginine: the best anti-aging remedy
If you're over forty and starting to notice signs of aging then, according to the Egyptian biochemist Mohamed Gad, there's a very simple way to restor [...]
Why big studies say supplements don’t work
People who use supplements have a less healthy lifestyle. Taking a supplement makes people feel invulnerable, and as a result they eat less healthily [...]
Vitamin C-Phosphate offers your hair protection from androgens
It's all very well, all those male hormones, but they are also responsible for hair loss. And androgens that your body produces itself are just as mu [...]
Cinnamon extract supplement boosts muscle mass
Even if you do no exercise you can build up more than a kilogram of muscle in four months if you take a supplement containing cinnamon extract. Nutrit [...]
Burn more fat with triset strength training
Strength athletes can reduce their fat percentage by doing trisets instead of traditional sets, sports scientists at the San Antonio Catholic Universi [...]
Animal study: octacosanol is an endurance sports supplement
Octacosanol is found in wheat germ oil, but far higher concentrations of the substance are to be found in sports supplements. The ergogenic effect of [...]
Leucine stimulates muscle growth without training
Supplementation with leucine results in a small increase in the muscle mass of over 65s without them having to train. Researchers at Leeds Beckett Un [...]
Caffeine raises fat burning after strength training
After an intensive workout the body expends extra energy. Researchers suspect that because of this, strength training can help in maintaining a healt [...]
Lose weight faster with vitamin C
We are all so concerned with the obesity epidemic that we tend to look to high-tech science for solutions. In doing so, however, we forget that we can [...]
HMB makes athletes fitter and faster
Rowers, runners, swimmers, cyclists and other endurance athletes build up more stamina if they take 3 g HMB every day, write Polish nutritionists at [...]
Peanuts don’t make you fat
Somehow the human body uses the energy from peanuts in a different way than energy from other foods. Either it doesn't absorb all the energy the pean [...]
Lose weight faster by eating carbs in the evening only
If you are slimming you'll lose weight quicker if you confine your carb intake [like pasta, rice, bread, potatoes and fruit] to the evenings. Nutritio [...]
Fenugreek improves effect of creatine more than carbs
Athletes absorb creatine better when they combine it with 50-100 g fast carbohydrates. But not all strength athletes want the carbs: even if you take [...]